St. Mary's (10-2-2) also beat Riverdale (13-1), 1-0, in a 2010 quarterfinal match en route to a finals appearance.

The Crusuders made it back to the state championship in 2011, but came up short last fall with a loss in the first round.

Senior midfielder Tracy Salgado added to St. Mary's recent tradition of success with the game-winning goal in the 67th minute against the defending state champion.

"I'm so proud of this team," St. Mary's head coach Paul Coughlin said. "Throughout the season we just jelled. They never give up. The team has such a strong spirit to it and, this, after a fairly low season (last year) by our standards, the boys have done very, very well."

St. Mary's will play at No. 4 Portland Adventist Academy (10-4-1) in the semifinals on Tuesday. Portland Adventist Academy beat Canyonville Christian Academy, 3-1, on Saturday.

Oregon Episcopal will take on Riverside in the other semifinal.

The Crusaders had three shots on goal in the first three minutes, Coughlin said, including a header by Salgado that Riverdale's goalkeeper just got a hand on.

But at the end of a scoreless first half, both squads had three shots.

Enter Salgado, whose boot from just inside the penalty box with 13 minutes left hit a post and ricocheted off the goalkeeper and into the net.

After that, "it was the 13 longest minutes of my life," Coughlin said.

St. Mary's tightened its defense slightly while still deploying some offensive pressure en route to the triumph, Coughlin said.

Senior goalkeeper Christian Aviles came up big along the way.

"He was very dynamic in goal," Coughlin said. "He anticipated shots well and got down very quickly on the ball and made some fabulous saves."

"He is by far the fastest soccer player I've ever seen," the coach said. "He's so fast, you couldn't even touch him. Eli Conway did a good job of making life difficult on him."

Football

NYSSA 48, ILLINOIS VALLEY 10 — At Nyssa, junior running back James Thompson surpassed the 2,000-yard rushing mark for the season and scored a touchdown for Illinois Valley in the first round of the Class 3A state playoffs.

Keith Lewin booted in a field goal for the Cougars (6-6), who trailed 34-3 at halftime.